Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-06-25
diversified Ea rning.

Agriculture at Washington, in his report
for June, strikes the keynote to success
in farming in this State. He says:
This seasons experience will again
show that mixed farming will be the
safest plan to follow in this State,
rather than stalking all on specially,
as has been customary here. We need
more careful farming, subdividing into
smaller tracts, a diversity OF crops to
distribute the labor more evenly over
the whole season, and we should pay
more attention to root crops, sueh as
carrots and beets, and to poultry, sheep
and goats than we have been doing.
California is the best farming State IN
the Union, but half of our resources are
not developed yet and many have hardly
been tried.
The farmer here who has diversity
of crops has steady work for his men at
all seasons of the year. If he has
small place, and does his own work,
De rhaFs with the help of his boys, he
can get through the seasons business
without furry or trouble, by having
some iversiiy of interests. Besides all
this he will find little revenue coming
into his purse each month out of the
twelve. If he has couple of acres OF
god Grange trees, they will produce
800 to 1000 btxe Of oranges,
marketable at 50 to S4 per box any time
from January to June. Five to ten
acres of alfalfc. here will come in with
monthly crop each month from April to
November. He will get two tons an acre,
"a let bic at IS to $40 ton, and on up to
SIS or $40 some parts of some years.
A crop of potatoes will mature, according
to the time Of planting, any time after
the middle of April. Corn can follow
the potatoes. if it is thought inexpedient
to plant the second crop OF the tubers.
Deciduous fruits ripen from Inc first of
June to late in October, and grapes from
July to November. Peaches and apricots
are worth $50 to $40 ton, Bartlett pears
$50, and grapes bring SIS to $50.
Add to these things root crops other
than potatoes. Then there is livestock
OF various sorts--a few good sheep, a
small band of we'll bred cows, thor
oughly good horses for various uses.
The chicken coop with its eggs, broilers,
and stock too old for further use is not
to be forgotten.
When the territory of Los Angeles
co unity is subdivided as contemplated in
the report quoted above, and when in
telligent farmers come to follow the
m ethods there suggested on these small
pieces of land. ours will be the most
ma rvelously prosperous farming commu.
nifty in the world.
The local cannery has just been set in
motion for the seasons campaign. The
concern wants tomatoes by the hun
dreds of tobs. Peas, beans and corn
would be taken if obtainable. Instead
of ons cannery in the country there
will be one in each center of enter
prise and population in the county.
Besides vegetables, fruits of all sorts
will be han died in large quantity.
But great as will be the demand for
fruit and vegetables to can, the call
will in q short time be ten times
greater for these products TO ship East
in a natural state. There is not one of
the commodities named above that will
not be shipped from here in solid train
load lots. Then the happy granger
under semi.tropic skies, on the most
matchless soil of this phenomenally fer
tile section, will sit under bis vine and
fig tree, and reap harvest every month
In the year, whose products sell in a
ready market, at profitable rate, and
he will grow richer daily and with less
effort than any farmer in the world
knows of.